SEPTEMBER 1967 Vol. XVII No. 4

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10817 WEST HIGHWAY 54 — WICHITA, KANSAS 67209 — (316) PA 2-3406 Some Miscellaneous Items SCALED SNIPE DRAWINGS STILL AVAILABLE Successful Sails T965 WINNERS Sales of (lie black and white scale drawing of Snipe offered by die Owens-Coming Fberglas Corporation (Framed copy-for Are The Result Clearwater Midwinter S4. 00 - see July BULLETIN) have gone over with a bang. It U.S. NationalChampionship fills a long-felt vacancy and is just what many Snipers wanted. of Continual 1st, 2nd, 3rd There are still some copies left, but we advise immediate Development. purchase, if waited. (Would make a fine Christmas present!). Dist. 4 Championship Incidentally, the drawing of the Snipe is ctpyrighted by the 1st, 2nd, 3rd Owens-Corning Corp., with all rights reserved. It can not be We Do reproduced or used in any way except by express written Dist. 3 Championship permission given by Owens-Corning Corp. This! 1st, 2nd, 3rd THE 1968-69 RULE BOOK Revisions and suggestions of change for the new 1968-69 % Rule Book are now being received and, if you have any suggestions, however minor, send them in at once. Especially are Fleet Captains requested to check over 1966-67 winners of the regattas listed in the rule bookand turn them in as a double check so the record will be complete. Also, don't be bashful about soliciting advertising for the new edition. The rates (very reasonable) willbe sent to anyone requesting them. Your word might be all necessary toget a little order, which helps support Snipe and SC1RA A SMALL SIZE SNIPE EMBLEM PATCH Now you can get the official Snipe badge in a smaller size. It is exactly like the Larger one ( 3 x 3 1/2") for pocket patches but it measures 2 1/8x2 3/4", thus being suitable for caps, for women or children, oranyplace where a smaller emblem will fit better or is more desirable. It costs $1. 50and has already proven popular in theshcrt time it has been available. AND A LARGE FOUR-COLOR SNIPE EMBLEM POSTER LEVINSON SAILS Also, in order to meet the demand for a poster or wall 900 N. OSCEOLA AVE. CLEARWATER, FLA. decoration touse in show booths u- other publicity displays, it has been reproduced in full color on a light weight oilcloth (or something similar) which measured 34" x 36". This is fine for decoration at yacht clubs, banquet or meeting rooms, as well as your own personal room or office Quite a few younger Snipers will want them at school or college, too. They come rolled in a mailing tube and cost S3. 25, including postage. OUR LIST OF WINNERS Every club should have at least one. HOW TO GET A GREEN CARD In the U. S.,when a boat has attended twoNational Champ GROWS ionship regattas and consequently been officially measured at each one, it is entitledto a green card which certifies to the 1st & 5th—Clearwater Midwinters fact and gives the bearer exemption fron measurements 1st—Miami Winter Championships Tie 1st—Caribbean Midwinter Championships (within certain limitations) at future similar regattas. This has 1st & 2nd—Mission Bay Wells Wandering Regatta worked out very well and greatly relieved the work of the 1st, 3rd, 4th & 5th—Lake Havasu Snipe Regatta Measuremait Committee. If anyone duesnot have a green card 1st & 3rd—Redondo Snipe Invitational and owns an eligible boat, simply send in the number and the 1st & 4th—District 6 Governor's Cup two regattas attended and one will be sail out promptly. 1st—Atlanta Open 1st—St. Croix Regatta—8 straight 1sts . THE OLYMPIC SCORING SYSTEM 1st—District 6 Championships Many sailors feel that an International, Class like Snipeshould 1st & 4th—San Diogo Snipe Hunt—5 straight 1sts use the International scoring system, at least In international 1st & 2nd—Lake Ontario Briodi Cup 1st—District 6 Pan Am Eliminations regattas. Here is what they are talking about (in brief): 1st—Pan Am Trials, Puerto Rico 1st—Pan Am Trials, Canada The best 6 of 7 races shall count for total points 2nd—Southern Championships Points shall be scored as follows: 3rd—1966 Western Hemisphere Championships 1st place 0 1st—North European Championships 2nd place 3 1st—Semana Naulica, Santa Barbara 3rd place. 5. 7 4th place 8 5th place 10 6th place 11.7 7di place and thereafter. . .place plus 6 ELMS SAILS Lowest total score wins. A DNF or voluntary withdrawal gets punts for a last place finish (equal to the number of Phone (714) 295-8887 yachts starting in the race). A DSQ gets last place finish points plus 10x of the number of yachts starting in the 4035R Pacific Highway San Diego, Calif. 92110 race. A tie is broken in favor of the yacht with the most 1st places; if still existing, the most 2nd places, and so on. BOAT LUMBER For Fine Boat Building and Repairs The SNIPE BULLETIN is edited and produced monthly by Birney Mills, Executive Secretary. SITKA SPRUCE • MAST & SPAR GRADE • PHILIPPINE MAHOGANY • HONDURAS Address all correspondence to: MAHOGANY • WESTERN RED CEDAR • Snipe Class International Racing Association, WHITE CEDAR • TEAK • CYPRESS • OAK 655 Weber Ave. , Akron, Ohio 44303, U. S. A. • LONG LEAF YELLOW PINE • ETC. - Subscription Rates. ^ Fir and Mahogany Plywood for marine use—lengths up to 16 tect: Bruynzeel Marine Plywood, solid Regina ""**" $2. 00 Per Year. ""'*" Mahogany throughout. Quality unsurpassed. Most all sizes in stock. $2. 00 of the amount of membership dues in SCIRA are Riiiji'tili and iilitiiitifj to order paid for a year's subscription to the Snipe BULLETIN. We are specialists in all types and sizes of imported and Forms close on 10th of month prededing publication. domestic boat lumbers. We ship anywhere—at surprisingly Material received after that date will not appear until low prices. Send IOC today for valuable manual "How to Select the Right Boat Lumber" plus complete lumber and a later date. Printed in the U. S. A. at Akron, Ohio. Second- price list. class postage paid at Akron, Ohio. Contract advertising rates on application. Notify Snipe BULLET IN of change M. L. CONDON CO. Bool Lumber Specialists Since 1912 in address, giving both old and new addresses complete. 278 Fnrrii Avenue, WhiloPlaini, N. Y. WHite Plaint6-41II The Cover " If you can do Snipe , you can do the bigger jobs, " FITTED SNIPE COVERS - famed quotation by Dan Elliott of Newport Beach, California. Dan, former Junior National Champion now 38 years old , Proven designs of heavy Army Duck treated with the best mildiw writer repelIant obtainable, Extras include a bolt rope around •.•dues for credits his success in off-shore sailing to what he learned in added strength, brass irrommets, and snaiw with double thickness stress points. Satisfaction KUarnnleed! Snipes. Over tf|<- boom-snap closed front An active participant in all important Snipe regattas, he 1. COCKPIT COVER- -mast collar to keep rain out §25.00 flew from Honolulu by jet in order to get into the U. S. National with boom tip cover 2. COVER FOR ENTIRE DECK— Simil.r to No. l §50 00 Championship Regatta at Ft. Gibson in August. Snaps or tics under rub rail including snaps for boat And was that a change? It sure was! For the picture shows 3. OVER BOOM, FULL DECK AND SIDES COVER $75.00 the AUDACIOUS, a 72-foot yawl, rounding famous Diamond Head —With draw rope in bottom edge at Hawaii to cross the finish line there in first place in the Class Covers deck & Mdes with mast 4. TRAILING COVER— »l> or down, lias masi collar §50,00 A Division of 71 boats in the 1967 Trans-Pacific Race from which closes opening when trail Los Angeles. It carried a crew of 12 and the sailing master ing was none other than Sniper Elliott. 5. WINTER COVER— Cove.rs deck and Bidea bul wi,h nn ssn nn openings. oou.uu The AUDACIOUS covered the distance in 12 days. The 6. TRAILING COVER— ""'}"['.'/. sl>l,s. "'">"« '" No- • S«5nn or 5. wuh separate bottom cover •">•>•«" $175,000. 00 boat was donated to the University of Southern 7. BOTTOM COVER— Overlap* deck with draw cord S35.00 California, but for this race, was under charter to Al Cassel of Newport Beach. 8. MAST COVER with Red Flag— £°j|in'™leclion when $10.00 This was just another laurel wreath for Danny's head - he 9. BATTEN BAG $3.00—RUDDER BAG-Foam Lined $ 8.00 has won many before and he will leave Oklahoma to go back to Hawaii in September to sail in a race from La Laona Maui to K&D Supply Co. Shipped Postage Paid Honolulu, a distance of 100 miles, in either a 50-foot ketch or Phone 366-3167 501 Ashworth Rd., Charlotte, N. C. 28211 • a 40-foot sloop. What a Life! But if one man can do it, perha(>s even you might have a chance someday - so learn vour lessons well, Children, and be prepared! _ Photo'by Lois J. Kennedy

BLUEPRINTS .. $5.00 THE SCORE REVISED FEBRUARY 1962 Numbered SNIPES — 17241 SCIRA 655 WEBER AVE. AKRON 3, OHIO Chartered Fleets 641 We suffered a slight drop in volume last month when only Put the BITE on slippage!? 55 new numbers for Snipes were issued, but even at that, we are well satisfied. The total for 1967 is now 624, and that is Doesn't it moke you mad when only 131 boats under our all-time record of 755 established in sheets start slipping from plastir cam cleats? Why not do some 1961. Doesn't look like we will pass it, but there are still 30 thing about it? After all, your days left to try to pick 'em up and chances are about 25% that boot deserves the best. Replace the culprits with Rolcdgo Stain we will do it. September has never been too good a month in less Steel Cam Cleats. (Give the that respect. But we will see - one never knows what the next plastic jobs to junior to play with.) Roledge gave up using mail will bring! The U. S. took all the boats except 11, which plastic cams long ago because went to England (5), Canada (4), and Portugal (2). they did not prove satisfactory. Sure, stainless steel precision- No new fleets were chartered during Hie period. cast cams cost more. But isn't it worth it to know they will hold, New National Secretary for Portugal and that they will continue to do so for years? At a General Meeting of the Portugese Association of Siipes, E. Guedes de Queiroz was elected President for a period of SEND FOR COMPLETE CATALOG AND PRICES two years. 61 accordance with the statutes of the Association, Rig or re-fil fiom the complete line of Roledge Racing Fittings! RACING the President is also the National Secretary for SCIRA. All BLOCKS • SHACKLES • CLEATS FITTINGS correspondence should be directed to Sr. Guedes de Queirozat • SWIVELS • SYNCRO-CLEATS • TURNBUCKLES • BRACKETS • 1.1. STFPHAN Quinta de S. Jose de Ribamar. Alges, Portugal. Official RUDDER AND BOW FITTINGS ROLEDGE Beverly 7, NJ. thanks goes to Antonio Lopes Sardinia, Past National Secretary for his years of service to SCIRA. Speaking ofMasts

Many Snipers have never seen a modern aluminum mast equipped with spreaders. At right is the one which was used on all the boats in the Pan-American Games in Canada - WA WT TO KNOW HOW last summer. It is a fine product To MAKE THE FASTEST and very popular time betweentvvo „, with top sailors now, BUT Points ima SNIPE? (read on below!) Write "Skip" Boston Boston Yacht Sail Company 38807 Harper Avenue Mount Clemens, Mich. 48044

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A West Coast company is manufacturing a bending mast and boom made out of fiberglass filaments and emxy resin for the GLASS - 1967 Atlanta Open Regatta Naples Class. They are sealed so they float, and fittings 1st are attached in the normal manner. The spars are laid up by a special winding machine that 1967 St. Croix, Virgin Islands was developed to use continuous strands of glass in varying 1st proportion over the lengths, providing a smooth change in 1967 District VI Championship flexural properties from base to tip, the company reported. With wall thickness varying from 0.120to 0. 80 inches, both 1st mast and boom bend uniformly, making the design of sails WOOD - 1967 District VI Championship simpler and the setting of them more accurate that is possible 2nd with more caiventional masts that frequently exhibit changing Hexural properties, they said. The glass spars weigh in twenty-five percent lighter than wood, but are stronger and have greater elastic limits without taking a permanent set after extreme bending. Tests of the new mast, which the company calls "Glas-Rig", showed it returning to its original position after it had been deflected four inches more than a comparable wooden mast. The company is presently tooling up to manufacture spars for the , Windmill, , , and Snipe Classes although it has not yet gained approval for the use of glass spars from all of them, they noted. - Reprinted fromMarine Trader column of SKIPPER magazine. This development has been predicted and anticipated for several years, and with its tardy arrival, comes another BOATS questim. In 36 years, Snipe hasgone through solid and hollow wooden masts; now aluminum - all either square, round,oval, pear-shaped,heavy,light,stiff, or bending - what have you! Now another one! The problem of keeping a class One-Design 821 Ft'sler St., ElCajon, California, Phone 442-4266 can gel quite complicatedover the years. Marc Tenirlay %*> Sails, $f050 4oz Dacrbn Main &Jib, Bag, Battens, Jib hanks PRESENTS TO YOU HIS NEW FIBERGLASS SNIPE

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/ ©#T/1© 6Q4fCO.///C. ^^^^^J 9J26Cleannloch'Dr. -Indianapolis. Indiana 46250 Telephone-: 317.849.G82l Brasil Got Gold Medal at Pan-American Games Nelson Piccolo Winning Skipper—U.S. Nosed Out Bermuda for Second

VIEW ui' Harbour at Gimli on Lake Wninipc::', and Levinson as the two leading contenders. Apart from the actual sailing, the weather was of particular interest. Excellent forecasting by the Canadian Armed Forces Meteorologist allowed the Race Committee to postpone races THIS PICTURE TELLS THE STORY better than words. on several occasions to wait out wind shifts, which usually Brasil (12115) kept far enough ahead of U. S. to win the title. arrived as forecast. From the Pan-American Games Opening Ceremonies But could be that "Old Joe" paid a visit to supervise the 6th through the shifting winds of the first race; the havoc created race, which started in a reasonable 10 mph and then rushed off , by high winds and rough seas in the sixth race; to the prize- to a very heavy blow gusting to 42 mph. On Lake Winnipeg's giving after the Olympic style; the events were a shallow 20-25 feet of water, the seas built up very quickly and success. Once again the Brasilian sailors showed theirSnipe the waves were short, sharp, and 4-6 feet in height. From sailing mastery with Nelson Piccolo and his crew, Carlos di the second beat on, it was a case of survival, with Penny Lorenzi, winning the Gold Medal from the U. S. Team of Buzz Simmons finishing 1st under full sail; Brasil on main alone; and and Harry Levinson, with Eugene Simmons and Richard Belvin Cuba 3rd under jib only and with a severely bent mast. Only of Bermuda third. those 3 out of 13 starters survived the shambles. It was The Canadian Pan-American Committee provided everything particularly hard on Puerto Rico when their rudder broke while needed for a well-run regatta, including new clubhouse and they were leading on the run, and when U. S. swamped, Brasil harbour facilities at Gimli on Lake Winnipeg, and spanking new moved ahead almost out of reach in the series standing. boats for all four classes - Finns, Lightning, , Bermuda and U. S. were now really close with point scores of and Snipe. The' food in the dining rooms at Gimli Air Force 22 and 22. 7 respectively in the best 5 of 6 races. Brasil had Base was terrific, and both sailors and officials were well - 11.7 points. housed in barracks completcwith electric dryers and washing The final race was held up by bad weather until a 6:10 P. M." machines^ start in moderate wind, which picked up to about 20 mph at the With boat drawing and sail measurement over, competitors finish. Piccolo and di Lorenzo again showed their skill with a began to familiarize themselves with Lake Winnipeg, and two 1st, thus wrapping up the Gold Medal. Puerto Rico was a very practice races were held in light winds July 24-25th. There close 2nd and U. S. took 3rd. Bermuda retired in the first beat after,' the races that counted were held in every kind of wind on a foul, and so the final standing was Brasil, U. S. , and from light to high winds of the 6th race. Bermuda. An Olympic course with a windward leg of 1.3 miles was The organization and operation of the races, the housing, set up for each race, with the final position of the windward information, transportation - everything reflected the very con being delayed until close to starting time and controlled siderable amount of work put into the Games by yachtsmen,both by the Committee boat, always in radio communication with power and sail in the Manitoba area To Chairman Keith Camp the buoy-layingboat, the mark boats, rescue, the International bell and all his associates - many thanks! — R. E. Hendershot Jury boat, and the shore communicatio